Pro-tip: use a libreddit mirror when linking to a Reddit thread

Use a libreddit mirror like https://reddit.adminforge.de to link to Reddit threads so that Reddit gets 0 traffic and 0 ad revenue from us opening the thread.

For example, if the Reddit link is:

https://old.reddit.com/r/aww/comments/14clza9/i_present_to_you_john_blobiver/

Then you simply have to replace old.reddit.com by reddit.adminforge.de so that the link becomes:

https://reddit.adminforge.de/r/aww/comments/14clza9/i_present_to_you_john_blobiver/

miked,

There is a plugin for Firefox and Chromium that has redirects for several big sites.

https://libredirect.github.io/

Marxine,
@Marxine@lemmy.world avatar

This is amazing, privacy tools are only getting easier to setup

athos77,

Is there a way to make this work on Android? I've downloaded the xpi and when I try to open it, it says I have no compatible apps. [Might make more sense when I've gotten some sleep, lol.]

miked,

No. Need to do it the hard way with individual sites.

https://libredirect.github.io/mobile.html

athos77,

That's what I figured, but thanks for the confirmation!

divingaround,

There absolutely is!

Install Kiwi Browser - it can run Chrome browser extensions.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kiwibrowser.browser

glaber,

I used the UntrackMe app which used to work like a charm but doesn't really anymore. Maybe it works on your phone!

AnonTwo,

One thing I will mention regarding this: Make sure when turning on the reddit redirect to also ping instances. The default one that the extension gave me was apparently unable to reach the site, but it worked after finding ones closer to me.

Thedogspaw,

Pro tip

Pertes,

Thank you for this!

cloaker,

But then isn't adminforge requesting that content in some way from Reddit which is at least a boost to their stats?

CoderKat,
CoderKat avatar

I don't know anything about this particular site, but typically these kinda sites operate on a cached version that is requested just once. So reddit would get a single view no matter how many views your link gets.

For sites like Google's cache or archive.org, they often were gonna cache the site no matter what.

14th_cylon, (edited )

these kinda sites operate on a cached version that is requested just once.

the link in this post (which is 2h old) has comments, newest i found just 35 minutes old, so it at least do some refreshes.

4am,
@4am@lemmy.world avatar

Technically, Reddit gets one traffic.

AlmightySnoo,
@AlmightySnoo@lemmy.world avatar

If by stats you mean how many times something is read, that's not really relevant since the content is being served by the mirror without Reddit's ads or trackers.

derf82,

Will that website be killed by the api changes?

AlmightySnoo,
@AlmightySnoo@lemmy.world avatar

apparently libreddit instances will be impacted by the API changes

lixus98,
lixus98 avatar

I was just thinking about this, thank you!

DougHolland,
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This is good to know and could be something I'd use a lot, but it isn't working. Every Reddit address I try it on, the reply is "Nothing here. Head back home?"

Does the page need to be pre-prepared, like a web.archive.org address?

AlmightySnoo,
@AlmightySnoo@lemmy.world avatar

do you have an example where it doesn't work?

Larsa,

You could try another instance. Here's a list for you https://github.com/libreddit/libreddit-instances/blob/master/instances.md

Or you could get this add-on and have it do it for you https://github.com/libredirect/browser_extension

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